Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore documentary storytelling about people, events and ideas.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,598 films · Page 45.
Biographical documentary, Musical, documentary film, musical film
The documentary captures the story of blind blues musician Paul Pena. After a brush with fame and success in the 1970s, Pena's fortunes faded as he dealt with career and health problems. While listening to shortwave radio, Pena heard a bro…
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Documentation, biographical film, documentary film
Greenfield's exploration of Imelda Marcos's narrative takes on what The New York Times calls a "dialectic" approach, allowing Imelda to tell her narrative and slowly introducing opposing viewpoints as the movie progresses. The film is orga…
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documentary film, miniseries
concert film, music documentary film
Documentation, LGBTQ-related film, documentary film
An Honest Liar documents James Randi's early life as a carnival-bound refugee from Toronto who, early on, dedicated himself to learning every trick performed by Harry Houdini, and even improving on some of them. In one of his feats as an e…
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Cartoon
Professor Owl, who rushes to the schoolhouse full of his fine feathered students as a drum roll, is played on a snare. A brief musical section introduces "the subject for today": the study of musical instruments. Professor Owl explains to …
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Documentation, documentary film
The film tells a story of SpaceX from their Falcon 1 and re-usable Falcon 9 to the Crew Dragon Demo-2, launched on 30 May 2020 with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard.
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Documentation, documentary film
Documentation, documentary film
Included is footage of nuclear tests starting with the May 1945 trial run to Trinity (the first atomic bomb), a 100-ton TNT blast used to scale and calibrate the Trinity device, and ending with the last U.S. atmospheric nuclear detonation …
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Concert film, Documentation, documentary film, musical film
The film mixes images of water with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration barring the periodic announcements by emcee Wil…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film, music documentary film
The film follows the life and career of musician Tina Turner, with Turner appearing in the film alongside Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, Kurt Loder, Katori Hall, Erwin Bach, Carl Arrington, Jimmy Thomas, Le'Juene Fletcher, Rhonda Graam, Ro…
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Documentation, Komödie, documentary film, stand-up comedy
documentary film, musical film
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Directors and producers Kral and Poe filmed behind-the-scenes and on and offstage footage of punk musicians before they became icons. The project stemmed from Kral's visual diary of his experiences in New York, filming bandmates and friend…
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documentary film, drama film, political thriller film
Broadcast in the year 2008, the film is presented in a TV documentary style format, combining talking head interviews, news coverage clips and video surveillance footage surrounding the assassination of U.S. president George W. Bush in Chi…
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Biographical picture, Documentation, Drama, Horror, Thriller, documentary film
The film tells the true story of a sadomasochistic cannibal, child molester, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Elderly but still deadly, Fish was inspired by biblical tales as he took th…
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